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St Lawrence, Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire

Location
(51°5′33″N, 1°48′51″W)
Stratford sub Castle
SU 131 326
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Old Sarum
now Salisbury
  • Allan Brodie
28 Sep 1995

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Feature Sets
Description

The earliest fabric is the chancel, which dates from the early 13th century, while the nave dates from the 15th century. The west tower was rebuilt in 1711.The only Romanesque carving is a mutilated, probably late-12th century, Purbeck marble font bowl.

History

The DB does not mention this parish church.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

It seems that the bowl was originally square since each of the straight faces of the bowl retain some form of decoration, albeit mutilated, while the intermediate faces are plain, as if the corners of a square have been cut off.

Bibliography

DCMS Listing Description

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, p. 500.

Victoria County History of Wiltshire Volume VI, 199-213 esp. 209-12